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Snow Ruyi National Ski Jumping Centre

Coordinates: 40°54′31″N 115°27′56″E / 40.908528°N 115.465694°E / 40.908528; 115.465694
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National Ski Jumping Centre
国家跳台滑雪中心
Snow Ruyi (雪如意)
Constructor(s)China Railway Construction Engineering Company[1]
LocationChongli District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China
Opened3 December 2021
(FIS Continental Cup)
Size
K–point125 metres (410 ft)
  95 metres (312 ft)
Hill size140 metres (460 ft)
106 metres (348 ft)
Hill recordLARGE HILL:
142 metres (466 ft)
Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi
(12 February 2022)
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NORMAL HILL (W):
108 metres (354 ft)
Slovenia Urša Bogataj
(5 February 2022)
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NORMAL HILL (M):
107.5 metres (353 ft)
Russia Danil Sadreev
(6 February 2022)
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LARGE HILL (NOR.KB):
142.5 metres (468 ft)
Germany Vinzenz Geiger
(14 February 2022)
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NORMAL HILL (NO.KB):
108 metres (354 ft)
Japan Ryōta Yamamoto
(9 February 2022)
Top events
Olympics2022

The National Ski Jumping Centre (Chinese: 国家跳台滑雪中心; pinyin: Guójiā Tiàotái Huáxuě Zhōngxīn), nicknamed Snow Ruyi (Chinese: 雪如意; pinyin: Xuě Rúyì), is a Chinese ski jumping hill in Chongli District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, opened in 2021.[2]

It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) northwest from Beijing and hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and Nordic combined.[3] After the Olympics, the facilities shall serve as a national training centre, potentially also including junior hills to be built. Hill was designed by Zhiang Li, and got its widely known name after "Ruyi", a traditional Chinese ornament symbolizing good luck.[4][5]

Beside summer ski jumping on plastic, the flat finish (jump out) area of the hill stadium, with grandstand capacity for 6,000 people, will be also used as a football (soccer) pitch in the summer.

History

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In 2017, construction started and was planned to be completed in 2019. But due to the unconventional location in between two hills, the elaborate works were done in November 2020.

The Olympic ski jumping stadium was then inaugurated with a celebration on 21 December 2020. One month later, on 19 January 2021, CCP general secretary Xi Jinping visited the Olympic sports facilities.[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all international test events, including World Cup and Continental Cup, in the 2020–21 season had to be cancelled. Premiere jumps were hosted at Continental Cup in December 2021.[7][8]

German ski jumper David Siegel, also a hill record holder at 141 metres (463 ft), won the premiere event on large hill at Continental Cup.[9]

On 5 February 2022, Slovenian female ski jumper Urša Bogataj, became the first olympic champion with gold at new normal hill (HS106) and also set hill record at 108 metres (354 ft) in the first round.[10][11]

On 6 February 2022, Japan ski jumper Ryōyū Kobayashi became the Olympic champion at men's normal hill (HS106) event. Danil Sadreev from Russia set hil record in 1st round at 107.5 metres (353 ft).[12][13]

On 7 February 2022, Slovenian national team (Nika Križnar, Timi Zajc, Urša Bogataj and Peter Prevc) won historic first ever ski jumping mixed team event in Olympics history with the outstanding record advantage of 111.2 points in front of the runner-up Russia. Third place took Canada, a totally unexpected result. Four women's disqualifications due to the irregular dress equipment in teams of Japan, Austria, Germany and Norway, did change the course of the event, especially for the podiums, but did not in any way influenced in a battle for gold, where Slovenia firmly held strong lead from the beginning of the competition.[14][15]

Due to controversy of four disqualifications at the ski jumping mixed team event and complaints of several national teams, Agnieszka Aga Baczkowska who is responsible for equipment control, told the media what was actually happening behind the scenes. She explained that some of the four disqualified female had the dresses even up to 10 cm too big according to the FIS rules, it was obvious even on the eye.[16]

On 9 February 2022, German Vinzenz Geiger won gold medal at Nordic combined Individual normal hill/10 km (HS 106) event. Japanese Ryōta Yamamoto tied absolute hill record at 108 metres (354 ft).[17]

On 12 February 2022, Marius Lindvik became the Olympic champion at men's large hill (HS140) event. Ryōyū Kobayashi was leading after 1st run, where he set absolute hill record at 142 metres (466 ft).[18]

On 14 February 2022, German Vinzenz Geiger set the absolute hill record at 142.5 metres (468 ft) on Nordic combined training. Austria won gold medal at Men's large hill team (HS 140) event later that day.

Olympics

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Ski jumping

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Location in Asia
No. Date Hill Size Gold Silver Bronze
Women's individual
3 5 February 2022   Normal   HS106 Slovenia Urša Bogataj Germany Katharina Althaus Slovenia Nika Križnar
Men's individual
16 6 February 2022   Normal   HS106 Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi Austria Manuel Fettner Poland Dawid Kubacki
24 12 February 2022   Large   HS140 Norway Marius Lindvik Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi Germany Karl Geiger
Mixed team
1 7 February 2022   Normal   HS106  Slovenia
Nika Križnar
Timi Zajc
Urša Bogataj
Peter Prevc
  ROC
Irma Makhinia
Danil Sadreev
Irina Avvakumova
Evgenii Klimov
  Canada
Alexandria Loutitt
Matthew Soukup
Abigail Strate
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Men's team
10 14 February 2022   Large   HS140  Austria
Stefan Kraft
Daniel Huber
Jan Hörl
Manuel Fettner
  Slovenia
Lovro Kos
Cene Prevc
Timi Zajc
Peter Prevc
  Germany
Constantin Schmid
Stephan Leyhe
Markus Eisenbichler
Karl Geiger

Nordic combined

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Cross-country skiing was held in Kuyangshu Nordic Center.

No. Date Hill Size Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual 10 km
24 9 February 2022   Normal   HS106 Germany Vinzenz Geiger Norway Jørgen Graabak Austria Lukas Greiderer
6 15 February 2022   Large   HS140 Norway Jørgen Graabak Norway Jens Lurås Oftebro Japan Akito Watabe
Men's team relay 4 x 5 km
10 17 February 2022   Large   HS140  Norway
Espen Bjørnstad
Espen Andersen
Jens Lurås Oftebro
Jørgen Graabak
  Germany
Manuel Faißt
Julian Schmid
Eric Frenzel
Vinzenz Geiger
  Japan
Yoshito Watabe
Hideaki Nagai
Akito Watabe
Ryota Yamamoto

World Cup

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Women

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Date Hillsize Winner Second Third
13 February 2021   HS106 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
14 February 2021   HS106

Men

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Date Hillsize Winner Second Third
13 February 2021   HS140 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
14 February 2021   HS140

Profile

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References

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  1. ^ "National Ski Jumping Center Built by China Railway Construction Engineering Group Wins Top National Award".
  2. ^ "Why name National Ski Jumping Center Snow Ruyi". ecns.cn. 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Venues: Zhangjiakou zone". olympics.com. 1 February 2022.
  4. ^ ""Snow Ruyi" illuminates the city of Zhangjiakou on its first public appearance". xinhuanet.com. 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Olympia 2022 in China: Ein ganzes Dorf muss dem Mega-Event weichen". fr.de. Frankfurter Rundschau. 1 February 2022.
  6. ^ "习近平冬奥行丨走进国家跳台滑雪中心和国家冬季两项中心" (in Chinese). 中央广播电视总台央视新闻. 2022-01-19.
  7. ^ "FIS Continental Cup; Women's opening event_HS106" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ "FIS Continental Cup; Men's opening event_HS140" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 4 December 2021.
  9. ^ "COC-M: David Siegel wins premiere event in China". International Ski Federation. 4 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's individual olympic normal hill event 2022" (PDF). International Ski Federation. 5 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Winter Olympics 2022 - Ursa Bogataj takes gold medal in women's ski jumping normal hill final". eurosport.com. 5 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Ryoyu Kobayashi wins normal hill competition at Olympics". abcnews.go.com. 6 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Dawid Kubacki with the bronze medal after phenomenal jumps at the Olympics in Beijing". polanddaily24.com. 6 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Slovenia wins ski jumping mixed team gold at Beijing 2022". xinhuanet.com. 7 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Slovenia leaps to first ever ski jumping mixed team gold at Beijing 2022". olympics.com. 7 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Diskvalifikacije skakalnih dresov še burijo duhove: spregovorila je stroga kontrolorka" (in Slovenian). Siol. 8 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Germany's Vinzenz Geiger wins Olympic gold in Nordic combined". foxnews.com. 9 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Norway's Marius Lindvik stuns Ryoyu Kobayashi to win ski jumping gold in the large hill". eurosport.com. 12 February 2022.
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